Hotjar vs Qualtrics

Hotjar (Product Experience Insights Tools) and Qualtrics both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Qualtrics (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 31). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Qualtrics. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Qualtrics. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Hotjar is slightly ahead of Qualtrics. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Qualtrics is ahead of Hotjar. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Hotjar is slightly ahead of Qualtrics.

Hotjar carries 52 GitHub stars across 2 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Qualtrics shows 20 stars across 20 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

Hotjar is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Qualtrics looks better where reach is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.